Holy Blood, Holy Grail
by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, Henry Lincoln

From Amazon.com: "[The authors] spent over 10 years on their own kind of quest ... into the secretive history of early France. What they found... is the story of the Knights Templar, and a behind-the-scenes society called the Prieure de Sion...The authors of Holy Blood, Holy Grail assert that their explorations ... ultimately reveal that Jesus may have... lived to marry and father children whose bloodline continues today.

Women Who Run with the Wolves
by Clarissa Pinkola Estes Phd

From Publishers Weekly: "Folklore, fairy tales and dream symbols are called on to help restore women's neglected intuitive and instinctive abilities in this earthy first book by a Jungian analyst. "

Montsegur and the Mystery of the Cathars
by Jean Markale

Book Description: "...Celtic and medieval scholar Jean Markale ...examines what earned the Cathars--who practiced vegetarianism, non-violence, and tolerance--the ruthless persecution of both the Church and the state. He explores their doctrine... and their secret pact with the Knights Templar ...[and] uses all available documentation to reveal ... the treasure the Cathars spirited away from their fortress at Montségur the night before its surrender to French troops."

The Templar Revelation:
Secret Guardians of the True Identity of Christ
by Lynn Picknett, Clive Prince

From the Publisher: "... delve into the mysterious world of the Freemasons, the Cathars, the Knights Templar, and the occult to discover the truth behind an underground religion with roots in the first century that survives even today. ... the authors reveal an astonishing new view of ... Christianity, as well as the... roles of John the Baptist and Mary Magdalene."

The Goddess in the Gospels:
Reclaiming the Sacred Feminine
by Margaret Starbird

From Amazon.com: "...The author tells how she was guided in her ever-deepening study of the New Testament and the gematria--number coding of the Greek alphabet--by an incredible series of synchronicities that mirror the inner and outer worlds and which reveal the Sacred Marriage of male and female--the hieros gamous--leading to her own personal redemption."

The Woman with the Alabaster Jar:
Mary Magdalen and the Holy Grail
by Margaret Starbird

Book Description: "Margaret Starbird’s theological beliefs were profoundly shaken when she read Holy Blood, Holy Grail, a book that dared to suggest that Jesus Christ was married to Mary Magdalen and that their descendants carried on his holy bloodline ... Shocked by such heresy, this Roman Catholic scholar set out to refute it, but instead found new and compelling evidence for the existence of the bride of Jesus.”

Mary Magdalene: Bride in Exile
by Margaret Starbird

From the Publisher: " Starbird ... provides an interpretation of Mary's true role based on prophecy from the Hebrew scriptures and the testimony of the canonical gospels of Christianity. ...she takes readers deeper into the story and mythology of how Magdalene as the Bride embodies the soul's own journey in its eternal quest for reunion with the Divine."